Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-02-01

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Feb 1
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 99▲ 24 vs year ago 76 · +31.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 10▼ 2 vs year ago 12 · −16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.32/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$127.32
36 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$573
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$189
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$3.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.65
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2458127.5458434
Medium and Large 3320123.553952thin
One grade step is worth $3.99/cwt here — about $189 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale36 hd
127.32
—
AL average16 barns · 1,413 hd
123.67
+3.65
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21664.627868thin

Every lot

16 lots · USDA AMS · Coffee County Stockyards - New Brockton, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2327162.88/cwt160.00–166.005333
Steers—Medium and Large 2375159.14/cwt156.00–161.005977
Steers—Medium and Large 1475150.00/cwt150.00–150.007133
Steers—Medium and Large 1575139.00/cwt139.00–139.007992
Steers—Medium and Large 2725120.00/cwt120.00–120.008702
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320123.55/cwt122.00–125.003952
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328143.15/cwt138.00–145.004706
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429133.58/cwt127.00–136.005738
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476120.40/cwt118.00–125.005737
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526120.46/cwt117.00–121.0063413
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425149.75/cwt148.00–151.006364
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485135.18/cwt135.00–137.0065611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525129.00/cwt129.00–129.006776
Bulls—Medium and Large 3630104.54/cwt103.00–106.006592
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16859.76/cwt58.00–62.006984
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26469.48/cwt68.00–71.008784

This sale against other markets

Alabama weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.